Roller-bearing.



M. s. GONLY.

' ROLLER BEARING. APPLICATION FILED NOV.27, 1905.

-- haw/Q I 4 QMM PATENTED JAN. 22, 1907.

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MAHLON s. CONLY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

'- RQLLER-BEARI Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 27, 1905. Serial No. 289,303.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

To aZZ,whom it may concern: Be it known that I, MAELON S. CoNLY, a

- citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angelesyin-the county of Los Angeles and State of California,'have invented cert'ain new and useful Improvements in Roller- Bearings; and I do hereby declare the followingtobe. a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

I This invention relates to antifriction-bearings, and has for its object to provide a bearing which will be simple and cheap in construction and inwhich'at the same time the friction shall be reduced to a minimum.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a bearing in which the rollers or antifriction devices can be readily, assembled or taken apart.

A further object of the invention is to pro- -vide a bearing in which it is not necessary to form grooves or collars on the shaft ing or supported by'said bearing.

With these and other objects in view the invention may beembodied in the form described in this specification and shown in'the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which-- resent alternate constructions;

Figure 1 is a sectional view through the hubof a' vehicle, other parts in elevation and partly broken away. Fig.2 is an end view of the rollers and retaining-rings, removed from the bearing. Fig. 3 isa View ofthe re taming-rings and some of the'rollers, show ing thelmanner in which they are assembled in the retaining-rings. igs. 4, 5, and firep- Reference character l designates an aide of a vehicle, having shoulders 2, 3, and 4 formed thereon and the threaded portion '5 adapted to receive a nut 6. A'hub -7 sur rounds that p'ortion of axle 1 between shouliders 2 and 4, "being held from-contachtherewith by rollers 8,, which in turn are separated from each other .by rollers 9 of smaller diameter.

ing wider in rollers 8 than in rollers 9, and the portions *at the bottoms ofthe grooves being of larger diameter iii-rollers 9 than in rollers 8. 'In grooves 10 retaining-rings 11 and 12 are adapted to work. -.By this construction. the retaining-rings contact with support.

Rollers '8. and 9.. are-.provided near their ends with grooves 10,.said grooves be-.

grooves 14 facing the latter, in which are held balls 15, being retainedin said grooves by. rings 16.' Balls 15 rollin contact with the ends of the rollers 8 and 9 when-the latter tend tomove out of their position in the di-- rection of their axes. Collars 17 are also affixed to the shaft and have similar grooves 18, holding balls 19, ,which bear-against a shoulder formed in the hub 7 ,-.whereby the end play of the latter is limited. A cap 20 is aflixed'to the end of the hub for the purpose of excluding dustfrom the bearing. 7

- In the preferred construction rin s 11 and 12 are made of any elastic materi suitable for the purpose, preferably spring-tempered steel;

'.In Fig. 3. is illustrated the manner in which the rings arearranged for theaSsembling of the large rollers, after whichisaid rollers may be moved around to .theirplaces and the smaller rollers 9 interposed between them, the last one being placed in position by springing the rings sufficiently for" the purpose.

In'Fig. 4 is shown a form of roller in'which the enlar'ged ends are omitted and the roller put in .p enough through the rings to allow the.0ther' end to ,sli into-place, after which the roller may be p 'aced in its normal position and be held' there by the balls 15, as hereinbefore stated. a 1

" In Fig. 5 is shown a roller having an endformed with a pin, which is pressed into the central portion of the roller after the rings have been placed in position, in which case the rings may be of more rigid construction than in the preferred form of this invention. 5

In Fig. 6'is shown a ring formed with a joint, saidring being of an elastic character, so that when the latch- 22 is removed the' ring may be opened and allow the admissiom or removal of the rollers, aswill be readily un- I o0 derstoodfrom the illustration.

{The operation of thisinvention is as follows Motion bein communicated to the hub 7'by a n y means, t e rollers 8 will turn in the therollers 9lwillrevolve aroundtho axle in Ithes'ame direction as rollers-8, but rotate on their own axes ina contrary direction. Ring 11"will rotate around the axle in a contrary I [0 direction to that of the rollers, there bein rolling contact only between said ring an to the extremities of the rollers, and have ace by sliding the small end far rollers 9. The rollers and hub are retained in position longitudinalljfi'ashas been already explained. The manner of preventing the end play of the hub has alsobeen explained.

I claim 1. In a roller-bearing, a casing, an axle within said casing, a lurality of bearingrollers contacting with 0th casing and axle,

intermediate rollersieach having a reduced portion, retaining-rings contacting with the sides of said reduced portions remote from the axle and retaining-rings contacting with the sides of said reduced portions adj acent'to the axle; neither sets of rings contacting with the bearing-rollers.

2. In a roller-bearing, a casing, an axle Y Within said casing, a pluralityfiof bearingrollers contactin with both casing and axle, intermediate r o lers each having reduced portions near the ends thereof, retainingrings contacting with the side of said reduced 1 the county of Los Angeles,- State of California, this 17th day of November, A; D. 1905. 3L

MAHLON S. CONLY. Witnesses:

' I MARIE .H. HUEHNER,

' HARRY A. BROOKS. 

